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Temen hamil

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Sebelum hamil dan waktu awal kehamilan kemarin... ada satu hal yang gw takutin. Bukan takut sih sebenernya, tapi jadi pikiran lah pokoknya. Hal apa itu? Gw takut ngga ada temen sharing sesama ibu hamil :)) bukannya apa apa... bertahun tahun tinggal di Jerman, kalo soal sharing hal hal yang pribadi macam kehamilan, kalo buat gw ya tetep paling enak dengan sesama orang Indonesia... malah kalo bisa temen temen gw sendiri yang emang udah kenal dari sebelum hamil. Nah tapi begimana caranya, temen temen orang Indonesia gw disini kebanyakan belom nikah... banyak juga yang emang masih muda dan masih kuliah, boro2 hamil ciyn kepikiran nikah aja belom. Ada satu dua temen yang udah menikah dan seumuran gw juga.. tapi belom hamil. Banyak juga sih Ibu2 muda yang udah duluan berkeluarga disini...  tapi eyke kan lebih muda, beda setengah generasi lah #nawar... dan memang ngga akrab juga malu ah gw mau mendadak sok ikrib.

Masuk minggu ke 12 kehamilan, di grup whatsapp temen temen arsitektur waktu kuliah S1 dulu di Bandung pada rame nyelamatin temen gw yang lagi hamil juga 17 minggu (sebut saja si A) Besoknya gw "ngaku" juga di grup yang isinya 80 pakbapak dan buibu ceriwis kalo gw juga lagi hamil. Lalu nulis lah si B di grup... dia pengen liat foto USG nya si Cikin. Gw bilang, oke... gw japri yaa. Si B ini cewe lho yaa... hahaha yakali gw japri foto USG ke LAKIK :))

Pas gw japri si B lewat whatsapp, dia "ngaku" juga kalo ternyata dia lagi hamil juga 12 minggu... persis usianya sama kehamilan gw, cuma bedanya dia belom berani "ngaku" di grup arsitek yang ramenya kayak Terminal Kampung Rambutan.... maklum si B dan suaminya udah nikah 5 tahun dan setelah terus berusaha akhirnya si B hamil juga. Waaaaa gw langsung hepiiiiii banget.... karena si B yang pengen banget punya anak akhirnya hamil dan barengan pula sama Cikin.

Kita pun langsung whatsapp an heboh dan bocor banget.... dan si B pun nanya, gimana pengalaman gw ke dokter kandungan di Jerman.... soalnya si B tinggalnya di Brunei dan dia pas periksa langsung di "belah duren" sama si dokter :)) gw langsung berasa ada temen "Broh tos dulu dong gw juga langsung di bongkar bongkar dibawah sono sama si Dokter" hahahahahaa.... katanya kalo di Indonesia sih ngga selalu langsung "belah duren" yaa... masih agak santun....disini mah hajar langsung aja ngga santai apalagi santun :)) 

Selang beberapa saat kemudian gw, si A dan si B langsung bikin grup whatsapp bertiga.... dan hampir tiap hari kerjaannya sharing sharing ini itu... maklum lah semuanya masih amatir baru pertama kali hamil. Kadang sharing kita bermutu... tapi kadang sampah juga isinya hahaha... that's what temen hamil are for kan yaaa...

Selang sebulan setelah kita nge group chat di whatsapp, tiba2 si A yang domisilinya di Jakarta bilang dia ada surprise buat gw dan si B.... ga lama dia nge add si D yang domisilinya di Jakarta juga masuk ke group chat kita. Ternyata si D ini hamil jugaaaaa... waah kita seneng banget soalnya nasibnya si D ini mirip dengan si B, bertahun tahun menikah dan udah menanti kehamilan banget. Si B dan si D ini sama sama sampai ninggalin kerja kantoran lho untuk konsentrasi supaya bisa hamil. Alhasil sekarang kita berempat kerjaannya ceriwis di grup, mulai dari bagi bagi info diskonan... sampe curhat curhat random ala emak emak hamil. Jangan tanya kayak apa bahagianya gw dijodohkan sama temen temen hamil gw yang semuanya udah gw kenal dari jaman kuliah S1 dulu..... BA-HA-GIA banget!!

Dan 3 minggu lagi para ikan paus ibu ibu hamil ini mau ngumpul semua di Jakarta, hore :)

Milan + Bergamo Lebaran 2013

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Latepost lagi ya kali ini .... #edisibloggerudahsetahungakngeblog

Kamis 8 Agustus 2013. Hari Lebaran, bangun pagi trus pergi sholat Ied trus buru buru ke stasiun ngejer kereta ke Milan, motif utamanya mau ketemu sama Mbakyu ini ... karena udah empat tahun ga ketemu .... terakhir ketemu dulu Juli 2009 di Surabaya ... plus ketemu anak + suaminya + mama papa tantenya juga yang kebetulan Lebaran di Eropa .... motif lainnya sekalian reuni mini Arsitektur ITB 2004 .... kloter dari Stuttgart 2 orang .... kloter dari Perancis juga 2 orang .... dan semuanya cewe cewe jadinya udah excited banget dari beberapa minggu sebelumnya buat berangkat ke Milan. Sebenernya gw ga suka Milan sih .... dua kunjungan ke Milan sebelumnya ga bikin bener2 terkesan dan pengen balik lagi kesana  (walopun pas Milan Design Week 'seru'nya Milan beda sih ya...) tapi kali ini hepi banget mau ke Milan lagi karena mau ngumpul sama temen2 kuliah. Haha mau cerita ke Milan doang kok panjang banget ya pembukaannya. Yak singkat cerita naik kereta jam 8 pagi dari Stuttgart ... ganti kereta di Zürich dan setelah hampir 7 jam perjalanan akhirnya sampe di Milan.

Nyampe, naro koper, lanjut masak2 .... ga heboh sih soalnya tuan rumahnya yang udah heboh nyiapin semuanya... cuma goreng ayam sama kerupuk aja sama ngangetin makanan... oiya sambil bikin fruit pie... sama bikin bumbu kacang buat siomay juga.... sama bikin petis telor juga.... haha apanya yang gak heboh ya. Intinya malem pertama makan2 dan halal bihalal aja ... ada student2 Indonesia di Milan yang pada dateng juga ... santai santai dan makan sampe eyeliner luntur :))

Jumat, 9 Agustus 2013. Hari kedua kita piknik ke Bergamo.. karena Bergamo deket dari Milan dan katanya bagus. Naik kereta regional ke Bergamo cuma sekitar 40 menit dan harga tiketnya ga mahal. Sampe di Bergamo lanjut naik cable car ke Old Town nya yang lokasinya diatas bukit dan dikelilingin benteng .... Bergamo yang di daerah bawah kota modern biasa aja. Bergamo Old Town cantik banget ... jalan jalan nanjak sempit ala ala daerah Kebon Binatang / Pelesiran Bandung kota tua Eropa banget. Baiknya jalan di Bergamo atau di Italy konsen aja liat ke depan ... karena kalo liat kanan kiri bakal ketemu ....


makanan berbentuk super lezat macam begini yang bikin maca, pengen ganti motto hidup dari "BIAR SENGSARA ASAL SINGSET" menjadi "BIAR GEMBROT ASAL BAHAGIA"


Akhirnya karena laper mata dan kita beli juga beberapa pizza, beberapa sandwich, sama kue2 manis .... trus makannya diatas bukit dengan pemandangan kayak gini .... gw anaknya Bandung banget ya kayaknya liat pemandangan gini ingetnya cuma "wah ini kayak di Lembang ya". Abis makan kita jalan2 lagi di sekitaran Old Town Bergamo.... trus jam 4 sore naik kereta balik lagi ke Milan. Sampe ke Milan liat Duomo bentar... trus ya makan lagi hahaha. Tujuan berikutnya makan Gelato yang ngehits banget di belakang Duomo .... ngantrinya mayan juga 20 menit... gw sih masih kenyang jadinya ga pesen cuma cicip dikit aja. Enak? Enak sih.... tapi buat gw semua Gelato di Italy ya memang enak jadi ga worth it sih kayaknya ngantri2 kalo memang yang lain uenak juga. Abis itu jalan jalan di pusat kota Milan sebentar .... trus lanjut kemana? Makan lagiiiiii ..

Kita makan malem di daerah Navigli (tapi bukan Grande Navigli) ... tapi versi yang lebih kecilnya .... lupa namanya apa. Kalo udah sampe Italy memang wajib yaa Apperitivo .... alias "happy hour" .... alias "all I can eat" hahaha. Jadi sistemnya pesen minuman yang harganya sekitar 7-10 € .... trus udah deh silahkan makan sepuasnya. Tapi kalo haus ya harus pesen minuman lagi dan keluar sekian Euro lagi. Jadi gw sarankan pesen minuman yang seger aja biar ga haus. Kalo minumannya harganya murah, biasanya makanan2 yang ada di buffet juga makanan2 yang sederhana aja ya banyakn pilihan juga. Di foto diatas ini, kita bayar 10€ per orang .... dan makanan yang difoto itu baru sepertiga dari buffet lho. Di posting ini ada cerita pertama kali nya gw apperitivo di Turin sampe ga ngerti lagi kenyangnya haha maklum dari Jerman biasa dikasih Brezel pake Butter doang dikasih buffet Italy langsung hilang arah hidup hahaha.




Sabtu, 10 Agustus 2013. Hari terakhir sebelum besoknya pulang. Pagi pagi kita pisah jadi dua kloter ... rombongan dari Jakarta jalan2 cari oleh2 .... sementara yang cewe2 explore daerah Via Tortona mencari toko MamaMilano dimana disana menjual tas KW Celine hahaha. Sampah sekali yaa badannya di Eropa otaknya di Mangga Dua. Tapi tokonya ternyata tutup ... maklum lagi musim panas biasanya ada toko/cafe kecil yang pada tutup karena yang punya pergi liburan. Akhirnya balik lagi ke sekitaran Duomo dan ke toko Tiger beli pernak pernik ga penting yang murah meriah dan lucu ... lucu lho macem Ikea dikawin silang sama Muji. Siangnya kita ga makan gragas melainkan makan cantik .... kita ke Department Store La Rinascente disampingnya Duomo .... di lantai paling atasnya ada teras yang isinya beberapa restoran .... kita duduk di Obika Mozarella Bar trus pemandangannya Duomo, hepi deh. Makanannya memang agak mahal ya karena fancy restaurant gitu ....  gw pesen Chicken Salad sama Ice Tea dan totalnya termasuk tax 19€ an ... tapi worth it sih soalnya kan ga tiap hari juga .... dan makanannya juga enak. Abis makan jalan2 bentar ... ga sengaja bikin kartu kredit agak lecet karena digesek di Sephora .... beli Naked Palette 2 nya Urban Decay ..... dengan alasan di Jerman ga ada Sephora (beneran loh :)) ...abis itu kita goler2 (bahasa bule nya piknik ya) di Parco Sempione .... ga ngerti lagi capeknya karena kepanasan sama udara 38 derajat ...



Selesai goler2 di Parco Sempione kita ke Grande Navigli buat makan Apperitivo lagi .... 3 hari di Milan perut udah busung kedepan ngalahin Ibu2 yang hamil muda. Hari itu enak banget suasananya pas matahari udah mau turun .... udah ga panas lagi ... langitnya cerah, dan karena itu malem minggu jadi rame orang2 pada hang out. Abis makan kita tepar lanjut ngobrol2 di apartemen .... trus besoknya hari Minggu jam 11 siang balik lagi ke Stuttgart tapi ga lupa di stasiun sempet beli dua scoop Gelato lagi hehe. Bye bye Milan, it was really nice this time, see you when I see you again.

 ps : not all of the photos are mine, some are my friends pics :)

cranky and even more cranky

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I'm going to Berlin tomorrow morning with my school until Sunday... I never meant to be an ungrateful person but this time I really don't want to move my ass to the capital city... I'd rather spent my long weekend with my girlfriends.... or with my boyfriend of course.... or simply alone would also be nice ..... rather than with other fifteen strangers in bunk bed hostel room.... the last couple of months I've had enough of traveling it make me so cranky ..... also the fact that I'm gonna spent six weeks of summer in the middle of forest in Bayern (also for school) make me even more cranky.... can I just stay in this town for a while? without traveling at all? please? After all maybe I have to learn again how to be a grateful person...
have a nice June everyone..

a life to remember

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Someday when I'm too old and start to forget things, this list might be a reminder for moments in 2011. A life to remember.

Jan_ Nephew was born, met F - hail long lost Taurean sister
Feb_ Mega deadline, epic visit from Rennes. Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Strasbourg
Mar_ Bail out from a shitty relationship. Turkey, Madrid. Holiday with parents
Apr_ Lisbon, lost my Granddad. Milan. Visit from Manchester. School starts
May_ Turned 25. Appenzeller. Juggling school+work, accidentally met him
Jun_ Neither school nor I were sane. Bye part time job, enjoying summer
Jul_ School deadline - sleepless nights cuddled with Autocad, a new start with Y
Aug_ Three weeks summer work, Indonesia, Ied with family, Nikon D90
Sep_ Bandung, Stuttgart, Chicago, San Francisco, and officially homeless
Oct_ School starts again, flat hunting, addicted to my besties and baby bear
Nov_ Still homeless, also jobless, yet contended. Missed my cousins wedding
Dec_ New flat, new part time job, visiting P in Paris, busy cherishing my life

Alhamdulillah, thanking Allah, I feel overblessed for everything.
Happy new year y'all.

the familiar faces

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back in Germany and the school will start again soon ..... looking for a new flat and stay for a while at my friend's apartment ..... despite homelessness I'm very content to be back in this town and meet the familiar faces.


afternoon nachos

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afternoon nachos + taco at Daphne Dahee and Collin's apartment. I somehow like Chicago better than San Francisco ... yet I like Stuttgart the most!

hopping around

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Currently in my hometown .... doing nothing but being lazy .... eating ridiculously good amount of delicious food .... spending time with my family (talking about giving my little nephew a bad day - the annoying Aunt is around!) ..... and catching up with closest friends. Photos are afternoon sushi and random snap in concept store. Will do continent-hopping this weekend, hope I can stay fit and healthy, and I'm wishing everyone a fine September!

food behind the scene

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The less pretty food pictures also from last weekend. I forgot to write about me being excited about upcoming trip on September and decided to make another blog posting. So yeah .... I'm finally excited about it .... I already got my plane ticket more than a month ago yet I didn't have the "oouwh-I'm-dying-to-go" feeling ..... until last week I realized I could pick up half-dozen of Bath and Body Works lotion ..... or having this for brunch .... aaah now I'm soooooo excited.


my girls and I are in freshly in love with this place .... our first attempt was for soup and salad .... was quite good .... second visit was for afternoon coffee and tea .... was not bad at all ..... and last week we went there again ..... ordered their special salad ... the dip sauce .... fried shrimp and crackers..... was soooooo damn good.

the beloved flat

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Sad sad, we probably gonna have to say goodbye in two months or so ... yes, our flat that I love so bad is falling apart. Right now I'm still considering to stay or following my other 3 flatmates to move out .... a part of me really want to stay, simply because I'm just not ready to say goodbye. But maybe move into new flat won't be that bad, we'll see .... maybe the courage to say goodbye to everything I'm familiar with will appear in upcoming weeks, maybe.

the balance

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had birthday last Monday and spent the day get in touch with my family and friends (thanks to phone and internet) and of course unable to take a rest from assignment. The whole week is too perfect to describe, everything just went well and nice .... the important presentation .... the birthday rendezvous .... the talk with girlfriend until 4 am .... the afternoon in rustic balcony .... the fly inside my glass ... the mini music concert .... and the silent moments, feels like found the balance that's simply indescribable.

another tuesday in April

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y : i'm going to Asia mini market, need something?

x : ya please get the chili sauce you used to buy ... that one is so yummy
y : okay ... something else?
x : grab a bottle of soya sauce too, we finished our last soya sauce very fast!
y : okay ... see ya later

Asianizing!!!!! hahaha

spring break is over

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Tomorrow morning I'm going to my campus ... the 7 weeks semester break is officially over and I'm kinda thrilled to date my university-life again.

Goodbye couchpotato and hello striver!
Goodbye wake up late and hello early lectures!
Goodbye lazy days and hello tons of assignments!
Goodbye sleepless wasted nights and hello sleepless nights due to deadline!

our second and third living room

Sephora nail lacquer "where's my purse", I likeeee!!

epic semester break

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frankfurt .... ice cream .... heidelberg and the castle .... pre-party .... pardeeeeeyyyyy .... silly face pictures .... sushi .... primark .... laid back friday night .... strasbourg .... college bestie .... damn good getaway .... good food .... coffee .... nail polish .... fresh fruit .... new friends .... new shoes .... sunshine .... heart to heart session .... laughing out loud session .... nap on Sunday afternoon

the last 1.5 week was too epic fun, I couldn't narrate it in this blog post. So thankful for all the good things .... and so happy with my real life that I kinda ignored the unreal life (online messenger, twitter, blogging, etc) Bad, huh?

7 days from now I'll be in Istanbul, EXXXXXXCITED!!!!

the hostel flat

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We have plumbing problem now .... a bit water running in the toilette, yet we solve it only with towel on the floor hehe. Our refrigerator is fully stuffed with cheap foods. Happy that I am home in this hostel flat.


ps : the mood booster breakfast on Friday morning, warm pancake with melting butter, cold fig jam and ice cream. yummmmmeeeehhh.

silvester in der wg

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silvester dinner

Burrito's ingredients

silvester dinner

silvester lach

super fein gestaltet

we threw big new year party in the flat attic ... it started with big burrito dinner (the two crazy flatmates ... their closest friends ... and me) .... followed by uncountable amount of beverages ... then came more guests .... followed by goofy dancing .... then came more guests .... followed by fireworks right on midnight .... then came some more guests .... before dawn we hit the town center ..... finally touch down in bed around half nine. All Saturday long we were dead, I don't drink but I got hangover too blame Pepsi (1st Jan is international hangover day, right?) On Sunday we managed to cleaned up the mess. Was heaps of fun. Let's get 2011 started!

a life to remember

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my 2010
loved ones... daily life ...
random photography ... food ... shoes
... school .... travel

autunno and taurinorum

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this year is my 3rd Fall season in Stuttgart, well .....

1. Assignments starting to stacks up, I'm thrilled!

2. Need to change part time job and save more money up (blame expensive architecture study ..... I swear I barely bought unnecessary clothes ..... well okay last item was a waterfall cardigan from Asos yayaya....)

3. Going to Turin next week for 5 days urban revitalization excursion .... and all I think about is which Pizza or Pasta I should order every lunch time (this time blame Eat Pray Love movie)

4. We are in love again with 'our' apartment! My housemates and I are rearranging our living room .... we have two cozy sofa right now, I added a bit woman touch with plants ..... while the other 3 guys put vodka bottles as decoration. We have a quality time now almost every single night .... laughed over silly things and drink tea.

5. Which shoes I should take to Turin? Should I bring 2 or 3 shoes??

see ya after Italy..